Horizontally adjustable window shade bracket



IHORIZONlLLY ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADE BRCKET Flled Feb 18 1938 gms/wm, G. N. MEDINGER.

G. N. MEDNGERl v M. Il. "'H, IL l@ 4---n Inn- H 4 tented Sept.. 17, 1940 ,unirse stares rarest erica HOREZONTALLY ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADE BRACKET George N. Metlinger, Baltimore, Md. Application February 18, 1938, Serial N o. 191,158

1 Claim.

This invention relates to window shade brackets,'and especially to an improved horizontally adjustable window shade bracket.

One object of this invention is to provide an improved two-piece bracket including a base to be placed and permanently secured to either one of the interior upright boards or plates of a window frame and formed with a series of closely spaced keepers with which the second piece can be alternatively and interchangeably engaged so as to be supported in a proper and desirable position for pivotally supporting one end of a window-shade roller Whose other end is supported by a similar shade-bracket, irrespective of the length of the roller within certain limits.

Another object of the invention is to provide a horizontally adjustable bearing-element, of a window shade bracket, which element can be adjusted by simple manipulation without the use of any tool or implement, and without having to overcome any resistance other than the very -light weight of the bearing-element; and which element is securely held in its useful position by the shade-roller engaged therewith in cooperation with the base-plate which is secured to the window-frame.

Other objects and important features are pointed out or implied in the following details of description, in connection wth the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. l is a front view showing the front side of two of my improved shade-brackets on the upper ends of the interior upright plates or boards of a window-frame, the' actual size being greatly reduced.

Fig. 2 is a view showing a fragment of the interior plate in horizontal section having secured thereto one of my improved shade-brackets, all these parts being greatly enlarged to about twice the length of the actual size used in practice.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but the removable and interchangeable part being tilted at an acute angle to the length of the xed part or base as when being swung to its useful position of Fig. 2, or swung in the opposite direction to the removable position of Fig. Ll.

Fig. l is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the horizontal line l-l of Fig. 1, the removable part in the position to be removed by a lateral movement.

Fig. 5 is a modification showing a base-plate provided with auxiliary fasteners.

Referring to this drawing in detail, in which, similar reference numerals refer to similar ,parts in the several views, the invention is described in detail as follows: y

The sheet-metal base-plate or base 5 includes feet 6 that are apertured to receive screws or other means for securing them to the frame- 5 plate. Webs 'l unite these feet 6 with the intermediate slotted part 8 of the member or base 5, and are at obtuse angles thereto; thel feet being in the same plane, and the said intermediate part being in a plane parallel to that of the feet; s o, when the feet are against the window-frame, the intermediate part 8 is spaced from the windowframe for a purpose that will presently appear. The said intermediate part is provided with a series of parallel vertical slots 9 that are separated by a series of narrow and narrowly spaced parallel keepers lll.

'Ihe removable shade-roller-connecting member H has its outer end portion formed either with an aperture l2 or with an upper notchaccording to Whether the rotary pivot or the nonrotary end-supporting element of a blind-roller or shade-roller is to be engaged therewith; and its inner end or attaching end is providedwith an angular attaching finger i3 that is bent near its base so its main part is at right anglesr to and projecting laterally from the main portion of this member il. Limiting lugs or fingers I4 'are also bent at their bases and project at right angles to the main portion of the member il, but extend or project in the opposite direction fromv the finger I3 and are in a plane spaced from the plane of the finger I3 a distance equal to the thickness of the part 8, so that when the main part l l is in the useful position, viz., the position for supporting an end of a shade-roller, as shown in Fig. 2, while its rear side is next to the windowframe, its finger I3 has its base extended through an elected one 'of the slots 9, from the front side to the rear side of the part g8, and its main part is abutting against one of the adjacent keepers, While the lingers Y lil are flat against the front side of the part 8 of the base-member 5. YIt is seen therefore, that the member i l cannot move away from the shade roller (indicated in broken lines), A45 because of the combined resistance of the lingers i3 and lll; but when the shade-roller is removed,

the member l l can be very easily swung from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that of Figs. 3 and 4,

then moved laterally away from the .base-mem- 50 ber so as to disengage the finger l 3 from between the keepers lll; and by the reverse movements, the member ll can be re-engaged with any pair of keepers the user may select for the desired adjusted position of the member l I.

In the modified form, Fig. 5, the feet 6 are provided with spurs 5a to be driven into the plate p as auxiliary fasteners. When the bases are provided with such spurs, one screw will suiflce; in fact, one foot 6 will suffice where the spurs or one spur and a screw are used in such single foot; and the same is true if tWo screws are used inv one foot which has no spur. It is evident, therefore, that the invention is not confined to the precise details of-construction and arrangement as here shown, for the invention is susceptible of numerous changes Within the scope of the invention ideas as implied and claimed.

What I claim as my invention is:

In a shade-roller-bracket, a base-plate which is provided with means to secure its rear side to a window-frame and which is formed with a horizontal row of substantially parallel keepers that are separated by parallel slots through this base plate from the rear to the front side thereof, in combination With an entirely rigid shade-rollerconnecting member which includes an angular attaching finger that has its main part projecting laterally from one side of the main portion of this shade-roller-connecting member which latter includes a stop or limiting element that projects laterally from the side opposite to that of the attaching linger and is parallel With the latter, said limiting element being properly spaced from said main part of the attaching finger to permit'the thickness of said base-plate to be disposed therebetvveen, said main part of the attaching nger being normally iiat against said rear side of the base-plate While the limiting element is normally against said front side, said attaching finger having a portion normally eX- tending through and removable from an elected oneof said slots and being cooperative with said main part of the attaching finger and said limiting elementfor securing the shade-roller-connection in one of the elected useful positions, substantially as specified.

GEORGE N. MEDINGER. 

